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12 Oct How do we support walking prescriptions for type 2 diabetes management? Facilitators and barriers following a 3-month prescription

Posted at 13:29h in Resources, Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

This New Zealand research investigated facilitators and barriers to follow a three-month prescription for walking. Practical solutions to increasing a person’s success include identifying alternative physical activity opportunities within the house or advice to develop support networks to provide company while walking. Read here

12 Oct Kids in the Kitchen cookbook

Posted at 13:27h in Resources, Healthy babies and children by Kim Tucker

The Heart Foundation has a collection of fun recipes designed to get children interested in food and helping out with the measuring, grating, stirring, cutting, mixing, pouring, shaping, mashing and tasting. Download here

12 Oct The effectiveness of sedentary behaviour interventions on sitting time and screen time in children and adults: an umbrella review of systematic reviews

Posted at 13:24h in Resources, Healthy Workplace by Kim Tucker

This research concluded there is strong evidence supporting the effectiveness of sedentary behaviour interventions in reducing sedentary time, especially interventions targeting occupational sitting in office settings. Read here

12 Oct Cancer Society Position Statement Diet and Cancer

Posted at 13:20h in Resources, Key Documents by Kim Tucker

. Unhealthy diet and excess body weight are known risks for some cancers. Making healthy food affordable and easier to access would help protect against diet-related cancers. This Cancer Society NZ, 2020 Diet and Cancer Position Statement recommends policies to address the unhealthy food environment and...

12 Oct The Future Of Food 2020: Food & Medicine – Virtual Event

Posted at 13:16h by Kim Tucker

Taking place virtually and hosted on a dedicated virtual events platform on Saturday the 24th of October 2020 from 10am – 5pm (GMT – UK) , we will be exploring what the future of food and medicine looks like for us and the planet whilst...

05 Oct What does the future hold for chronic disease prevention research?

Posted at 13:28h in Research, Resources by Kim Tucker

What does the future hold for chronic disease prevention research? A paper by Professors Lucie Rychetnik and Andrew Wilson, and Elly Howse and Leah Marks examining new ways of thinking for chronic disease prevention research has been published in the Australian and New Zealand journal of Public...

05 Oct Postgraduate Public Health Virtual Information Evening

Posted at 13:26h by Kim Tucker

Considering a career in public health? Join us at our Postgraduate Public Health Virtual Information Evening to find out more. Learn about postgraduate Public Health programmes available in Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington. Hear from our teaching staff, current and past students working in the public...

01 Oct Toi Ako Webinar: Kori tinana | Traditional Māori beliefs, values and practices of physical activity

Posted at 11:20h by Kim Tucker

Traditional Māori physical activity is distinguished by a Māori cultural definition understood through mātauranga, with shared whakapapa to atua, and practiced through tikanga. Despite a rich understanding and practice of Māori physical activity in a pre-European era, the violent colonial experience in Aotearoa has resulted...

01 Oct ISPAH Virtual Congress – Online

Posted at 11:03h by Kim Tucker

We are excited to share with you the details of our first ever Virtual Congress – a 1-day event featuring 4 live symposia sessions focused on key topics in physical activity and health research, promotion and advocacy. The 1-day programme will run over 2 calendar...

29 Sep Darrio Penetito-Hemara

Posted at 14:39h by Margaret McLachlan

25 September 2020 Darrio Penetito-Hemara (Ngāti Haua, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Tamaterā) is the pouārahi (training and education manager) at Māori health agency Toi Tangata. I didn’t ever think I’d work in health, but I found my way in through te ao Māori. I’m a product of...

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